Some people mean more together than they do apart, whatever the stage.
Churchill and Hitler. Bogart and Bacall. Ali and Frazier. And for all
the deserved accolades for Muhammad Ali,
I've always believed that each at his best, Joe Frazier, who died
Monday night at age 67, was the better fighter. And the better man.

After both entered the Madison Square Garden ring undefeated in 1971 for
what was called the Fight of the Century, Frazier flattened Ali with a
left hook and earned a unanimous and unquestioned 15-round decision that
Ali didn't wait to hear. His jaw swollen, he hurried out of the ring on
the way to a nearby hospital. He knew who had won.